The Healing Place by Leigh Bale

Author:Leigh Bale [Bale, Leigh]
Format: epub
Tags: American Light Romantic Fiction, Contemporary, General, Romance, Fiction, Fiction - Romance, Man-woman relationships, Romance - General, Christian, Religious - General, Christian - Romance, Religious, Single fathers, Christian Life, Sick children, Medical, Women physicians, Loss (Psychology), Reno (Nev.)
ISBN: 9780373874620
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2007-12-01T23:10:56.531000+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Friday was a hectic day. Instead of going golfing or attending conferences like other doctors, Emma kept her office open for appointments. Work kept her from dwelling on Mark and Angie.

By three o’clock in the afternoon, she found herself longing to seek some sunshine and fresh air. Her last patient had just left, so she stunned herself and her staff by giving them the rest of the day off. Their gasps of pleasure delighted her and she smiled as they shut off their computers and dashed for their purses and car keys.

After she locked up the office, Emma headed out on McCarran Boulevard, driving toward Highland Cemetery.

Thump, thump, thump!

Now what?

She pulled off to the side of the road and got out to inspect her car.

A flat tire.

She took a deep inhale of hot summer air. Cars whizzed past, but not a service station or convenience store in site. Being stranded on the road in this heat was not her idea of fun.

She wiped beads of perspiration from her upper lip and considered her options. Could she fix the tire herself?

No, she had no idea where to begin.

Call her ex-husband?

He’d resent her for pulling him away from work. She’d rather try to change it herself.

What about roadside service? She had coverage through her insurance company, but it always took so long. In this heat, the wait could prove miserable.

She popped the engine hood to signal she was in trouble, then got back in the car and reached for her cell phone. When she called the service, they confirmed her fear it would take a while for a mechanic to arrive.

So much for her free afternoon.

She settled in for the long haul, running the air conditioner, her hands resting on the steering wheel. She stared out her windshield, wishing she had a book to read.

Sunshine blazed across the brown hills surrounding the city and she longed for the water bottle she’d left sitting on her desk. Closing her eyes, she let her mind wander. Bitter memories swamped her as she recalled years earlier when she and Brian had been stranded with a flat. When her husband arrived, he’d berated her for driving over a nail, as if she’d done it on purpose.

The sound of a car close by caused her to open her eyes. A blue Lexus pulled up behind her and she tensed, sitting up straight. She pressed the lock button on the door and reached for her phone. Though the road was quite busy, she wanted to play it safe.

A tall, slender man got out of the Lexus. Her pulse sped up and a warm sensation flowed over her as she tilted her head to get a better look in her rearview mirror. He sauntered toward her car in that confident, self-assured amble she’d committed to memory years earlier.

“Oh, no.” She groaned and leaned her forehead against the steering wheel.

Mark Williams wearing a dark suit and tie tapped on the glass and she lifted her head. As her eyes locked with his, he flashed her a dimpled smile and she rolled the window down.

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